Image Series: CNS

Nine-week Cerebral Vesicles

SonoAVCTMgeneral: This research tool helps provide visualization and measurement of hypoechoic structures within anatomy such as the fetal brain, dilated kidneys and gynecological sonohysterograms

SonoNT

SonoNT (Sonography-based Nuchal Translucency) – this semi-automated tool helps reduce inter-and-intravariability that comes with manual measurements and can help you achieve reliable and reproducible results

RIC6-12 High Resolution 4D endovaginal probe – helps you detect fine details early in the first trimester

Fetal corpus callosum

Advanced Volume Contrast Imaging (VCI) with OmniView – This tool helps improve contrast resolution and visualization of the rendered anatomy with clarity in any image plane

RAB6-D probe – Fatigue can be a thing of the past with this innovative volume probe that is 40% lighter than the previous version. Its ergonomic design provides outstanding image quality in 2D and 3D/4D, features a pinless connector and sits comfortably in the clinician’s hand.

Fetal head imaging for clinical confidence

RAB6-D probe – This next generation volume probe that is 40% lighter than the previous version. Its ergonomic design provides outstanding image quality in 2D and 3D/4D, features a pinless connector and sits comfortably in the clinician’s hand.

Overview

Voluson E8

Throughout the years, your feedback has driven all our technological advancements, helping to make GE Healthcare a leader in women’s health ultrasound.

Working together, we have continued to evolve the VolusonTM family of products.

This means developing technology that allows you to find anatomical information that couldn’t be seen before. Providing you with the ability to confidently explore fetal images in the early stages; introducing automation to facilitate efficient and reproducible exams; and improving the way you examine ultrasound data from a single sweep so that you can focus on early prevention rather than late diagnosis.

Our commitment to you is to continue to enhance the powerful Voluson E8 to reach the next level of extraordinary vision.

HD-FlowTM— uses a bi-directional Doppler feature to help achieve a more sensitive vascular study and reduce overwriting.

Focus and Frequency Composite (FFC) — Provides for both penetration and resolution benefits by allowing simultaneous transmit frequencies – high frequencies in the near-field together with low frequencies in the far-field.

New second generation, more powerful, Dynamic Rendering Engine

HDliveTM— This next generation rendering tool provides exceptional anatomical realism and helps increase depth perception. This imaging capability can help you achieve a deeper understanding of relational anatomy, enrich patient communication and help enhance diagnostic confidence. Learn more about HDlive.

Volume SRI (V-SRI) — This tool provides a high level of speckle reduction utilizing volume/voxel versus traditional single slice imaging. It helps improve 3/4D quality in multi-planar studies and rendered mode, and also provides an enhanced smoothing effect on rendered images which can help improve diagnostic confidence.

Advanced Volume Contrast Imaging (VCI) with OmniView — Diagnostic confidence in sonography requires the ability to differentiate irregular shapes with precision. This tool can help improve contrast resolution and visualization of the rendered anatomy with clarity in any image plane.

STIC (Spatio-Temporal Image Correlation) — A technology that was pioneered by Voluson engineers. STIC captures a full virtual fetal heart cycle in real time, and the volume can be saved for off-line analysis.

Advanced 4D including TUI (Tomographic Ultrasound Imaging) — This tool combines advanced 4D imaging capabilities with TUI (a simultaneous view of multiple parallel slices of a volume data set) which can help you make analysis and documentation of dynamic studies easier.

Advanced volume ultrasound technologies

Voluson technology enhancements help provide extraordinary image quality and functionality you need to help make critical clinical decisions with confidence.

Probe Technology

The Voluson E8 supports a wide range of probes that help provide quality imaging – especially in first trimester and complex gynecological exams.

All Voluson E-Series transducers are equipped with in pinless connectors and incorporate innovative wide band-width technology.

Additionally, the Voluson E-Series supports Acoustic Amplifier technology, allowing for the recapture and reuse of unused signal data to help enhance sensitivity, axial resolution and penetration.

RIC6-12-D — this high resolution endovaginal volume probe helps you detect fine details early in the first trimester and in gynecology exams.

New RAB6-D — fatigue can be a thing of the past with this next generation volume probe that is 40% lighter than the previous version. Its ergonomic design provides outstanding image quality in 2D and 3D/4D, features a pinless connector and sits comfortably in the clinician's hand.

C1-5-D — this probe helps you image confidently with deep penetration even when scanning large patients.

New C4-8-D — with high frequency and a small footprint, this probe helps provide exceptional high resolution obstetrical images during each trimester.

Automation for specialized exams

Voluson E8 features advanced tools to help you improve reproducibility and efficiency of obstetric and gynaecologic exams, including:

SonoNTTM (Sonography-based Nuchal Translucency) and SonoIT* (Sonography-based Intracranial Translucency) — Voluson technologies that help provide semi-automatic, standardized measurements of the nuchal and intracranial translucency as early as 11 weeks. Both tools can integrate easily into your workflow. SonoNT helps reduce the inter-and-intra-observer variability that comes with manual measurements, and helps provide you with the reproducibility you demand.

SonoBiometryTM— Performs a semi-automatic measurement of the head (both head circumference and bi-parietal diameter), abdomen and femur. This tool can help enhance clinical workflow through helping reduce keystrokes to perform biometry measurements.

SonoVCADTMheart (Sonography-based Volume Computer Aided Display heart)— assists in generating views of a fetal heart from a four-chamber view and complies with the recommended standard examination of the fetal heart.

SonoVCADTMlabor (Sonography-based Volume Computer Aided Display labor) —allows you to measure fetal head progression, rotation and direction while automatically documenting the labor procedure with objective ultrasound and manual data in one easy report.

OB/Perinatology

Commitment to Early Health

We aim to help you improve patient care with technology that allows you to focus on early prevention rather than late diagnosis.

Our goal is to help clinicians detect disease earlier, access additional information and intervene sooner. We call this model of care Early Health.

RIC6-12-D probe — high resolution volume endovaginal probe helps you detect fine details early in the first trimester and in gynaecological exams

SonoNTTM (Sonography-based Nuchal Translucency) and SonoIT* (Sonography-based Intracranial Translucency)— Voluson technologies that help provide semi-automatic, standardized measurements of the nuchal and intracranial translucency as early as 11 weeks. Both tools can integrate easily into your workflow. SonoNT helps reduce the inter-and-intra-observer variability that comes with manual measurements, and helps provide you with the reproducibility you demand.

Continuing to be a leader in fetal cardiac assessment technology

Voluson E8 has helped transform the structural and functional analysis of the fetal heart with a suite of advanced echo imaging technologies that include:

Fetal CNS tools for imaging fetal brain and spine.

Advanced Volume Contrast Imaging (VCI) with OmniView — Diagnostic confidence in sonography requires the ability to differentiate irregular shapes with precision. This tool can help improve contrast resolution and visualization of the rendered anatomy with clarity in any image plane.

Inversion mode — Rendering technique to suppress tissue and only show cystic/anechoic structures.

Women's health

New tools for GYN studies:

RIC5-9D probe — this transvaginal probe is equipped with wide sector technology (2D) and 120’ volume angle (3D/4D), enabling you to see additional anatomical information displayed in a single image or volume.

HD-FlowTM— uses a bi-directional Doppler feature to archive a sensitive vascular study and help reduce overwriting.

Coded contrast Imaging — allows for the detection of a contrast agent inside tissue to help enhance visualization and increase diagnostic confidence. (Not available in the United States).

3D HyCoSy (Hysterosalpingo Contrast Sonography) — facilitates gynecological exams with a non-ionizing procedure for tubal patency assessment with 3D display of fallopian tubes. (Not available in the United States)

Elastography with Elastography Analysis — A highly sensitive tool for women’s healthcare to assist in early evaluation and classification of simple and complex masses. The tool offers ratio measurement capability allowing comparison of stiffness (strain) of two regions of interest. Elastography Analysis plots the velocity information of discrete points for graphical analysis of the lesion. It is available both on the linear and endocavity probes. (Not available in all countries.)

Advanced Volume Contrast Imaging (VCI) with OmniView — Diagnostic confidence in sonography requires the ability to differentiate irregular shapes with precision. This tool can help improve contrast resolution and visualization of the rendered anatomy with clarity in any image plane.

Services & Support

Service. Support. Solutions.

We're here to help you keep your ultrasound system up and running at your office, clinic, or hospital. We know that for every piece of ultrasound equipment in your facility, there are patients with expectations about having their exams done reliably and on schedule. GE's dedicated Field Service team and specialized online Engineers make it their mission to transform essential services into extraordinary outcomes. Learn more.

Reimbursement

GE Healthcare Reimbursement Advocacy

GE Healthcare advocates for the timely patient access to medically appropriate, high quality imaging services, provided by knowledgeable and skilled providers of care. We recognize the significant impact that reimbursement policies can have on you and your practice and strive to provide accurate and reliable information to help you navigate the reimbursement process. Visit GE Healthcare’s Reimbursement Information to access advocacy information, Medicare comment letters, Customer Advisories and more.

Healthymagination

A focus on improving healthcare.
Healthymagination is our commitment to continuously develop innovations focused on reducing cost, increasing access and improving quality of patient care. Voluson’s suite of automation technologies are healthymagination-validated. This validation helps ensure that clinicians will not only reduce costs through improved efficiencies, but will also increase quality of care through standardization and ease of automation.

Ecomagination

Environmentally responsible, for the benefit of future generations.
The ecomagination-validated Voluson family of ultrasound systems includes platforms that are among the most energy efficient in the industry. Because of decreased scan time and lower power consumption, a Voluson Signature Series consumes 1028 kWh less electricity per year than prior GE console-based technology for the same number of scans, a savings of 67%. Validated systems include all Voluson E-Series, Voluson Signature Series and Voluson Compact Series systems. That means with every image you’ll be using less energy, saving money and contributing to a better environment.